This time, they're building more hype than before for this album. They are announcing the announcement. The news are probably going to be huge. And you think it will be NA tour announcement? Guys, the world doesn't revolve around NA
They would also disappoint a lot of fans hyped for tomorrow by announcing something like that
Not saying they shouldn't tour NA, but it's not THAT important of a news story. They could do a regular update for that
Of course the world doesn't revolve around North America. But given that Dream Theater is a U.S.-based band, a North America tour announcement absolutely WOULD be considered "important news" to this band. I honestly don't know how you could think otherwise.
But I'm not saying that's what the announcement will be.
Yeah, ofc NA is important to the band, but it's not like the majority of the fanbase is American. That's why I think it's not important news, because news are made for the fans, not for their own satisfaction (I guess)
Anyways, one more reason this is NOT just a NA tour update is that you can sign up for the news, and you have to write your city so they can send you the when the news will come in your own timezone. If it was a NA tour, why the hell would non-Americans need so much to know about the update? Like, "here dude, you said you were from Serbia, this is a mail to inform you that at 7pm your local time, we will announce NA tour, be sure not to miss it "
hope you get what I tried to say xD